Yeah, it’s been about that. Williams was referring to the Kings’ first round, where they lost the first two games to the St. Louis Blues before winning four in a row to claim the series. So it’s déjà vu time for them. Are they frustrated they’re down again? Sure, the Kings aren’t happy about it. But are they intimidated or discouraged by it? Hardly.

“It's adversity. I think adversity can be a good thing sometimes if you can get through it,” said current Kings/former Blackhawks forward Colin Fraser. “I mean, injuries are part of hockey. Every team's had their injuries at some point. Things like that, there's nothing you can do. And there's nothing you can do also about the first two games. You can sit there and dwell on it or move forward and just play our best game. We have to bring our best game in Game 3.”

The Kings have all the motivation they need, as they return home for Game 3 on Tuesday night. They’re back in the building where they’ve gone 7-0 this postseason, and where their comeback against the Blues began two rounds ago.

“I think you can draw on the fact that we've been in this situation before in the sense that the series is long from over for our mindset. It's about playing the game. I mean, we try to cut it in half tomorrow night,” Dustin Brown told reporters. “We were down 2-0 against St. Louis. The only difference is we’re in the Western Conference Finals now.”